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Gallinago wxlsoni, 
Middlesox County, Mass. 
1865. 
Oct, 10, 
About sunset heard repeated harsh, gifting sounds 
in the marshy island behind Mt,Auburn and ^rrmjj&trrrtly a 
pair of Snipe rose high into the air and flev^ off towards 
Charles River. 
1867. 
Nov. 13. 
Started two just at dark from a brook running throu^ 
a meadow. The ground is partly covered v^ith shov/ and 
all the small ponds and meadows frozen ev©j»,hard. 
1868. 
May 1. 
Shot three. 
“ 6. 
Sav/' one. 
“ 6. 
Savr one. The day was eold and vrLndy and he rose wild 
Sept. 5. 
Saw three (Cambridge). 
“ 19. 
, ^ With the firet faint light in the oast this morning 
Snipe taegata to fly over the Fresh Pond marshes in largo 
numbers, their notes sounding unusually harsh, and short 
in tho'-stilIness. The last few nights have boon cold 
for tho season. Owing to the excess of v/ator this year 
the birds are rather poor. 
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The day was rainy and tho birds v/ild. At the 
first report of our guns all the Snipe in the vicinity 
rose, and joined one another in the air until twelve wore 
flying together, and v/ith them, a Pectoral Sandpiper. 
They must have kept on v/ing for over an hour, now pitch¬ 
ing down to the me;"dows, and scaling close over the tus¬ 
socks, TiOf rising hig h in air and swweping around in 
largo circles, or perhaps flying out of sight, only to 
return again after an absence of a few minutes. 
Oct: 10. 
Shot five. The weather v/as warm and the day still 
consequently they lay very close. Indeed six or sev-’ 
on started by a dog rose like Rails, their legs hanging 
down, and alighted again after flying only a few yards. 
“ 15. 
A driving rain storm this afternoon; I found the 
meadows full of Snipe and killed a number. 
“ 16. 
Shot a number this morning. 
23. 
Started one from the middle of the road in Cambridge 
-port. It vms probably benumbed by the cold, as it 
allowed mo to got within a few feet of it before rising' 
• 26 
W hilo in tho Fresh Pond swamps this morning, wai¬ 
ting for the coming light, I heard numbers of Snipe fly¬ 
ing about over their favorite retreat. 
Nov^ 23 
Several vfore seen to-day on the Arlington meadov/s. 
